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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KOT_youghiougheny-overlook-welcome-center_Friendsville-MD.html
You are now in Maryland. The scene before you is the Youghiougheny River and Reservoir, a major resource for fishing, whitewater rafting, and recreation. From the Reservoir, the River flows North into Pennsylvania, where it joins the Monongahela R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KOS_the-national-road_Friendsville-MD.html
". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.
Americans are an adventurous people. From
past to present, they have used feet, horses,
wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CM3_crash-of-a-united-states-b-52-bomber_Grantsville-MD.html
This monument is dedicated to the citizens of this area who gave their time and their energy and their skill, for more than five days in sub zero weather and deep snow, to assist the air and ground rescue teams in recovering the victims of a crash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0C_railroad-street_Oakland-MD.html
In the late 1800's there were twelve passenger trains a day stopping at the Oakland train station, and hordes of vacationers flooding the town. Perhaps the busiest section of Oakland was Railroad Street, which ran parallel to the tracks between th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZA_the-first-garrett-county-courthouse_Oakland-MD.html
On December 4, 1872, following a public vote by the residents of Western Maryland, Governor William Pinkney Whyte issued a proclamation establishing a new county, created out of the western-most portion of Allegany County. The new county was named…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZ2_rasche-blacksmith-shop_Oakland-MD.html
On this site in 1851 stood the blacksmith shop operated by Henry August Rasche, then in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The B & O line was at the time being extended through Oakland, Allegany County, Maryland, westward into Preston …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZ0_the-oakland-hotel_Oakland-MD.html
Early in the 1870's, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad realized an asset to its passenger train service would be having a resort hotel in this area. First, it built the Deer Park Hotel in 1873, which proved so successful that in 1875 they started co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXV_forestry-beginning_Oakland-MD.html
State Forestry in Maryland began within 1/4 mile of this point, when on April 5, 1906, John and Robert Garrett gave the state 1,967 acres for forestry demonstration purposes. Today this forest and associated parks are providing multiple benefits t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AX2_tradition-of-washington-spring_Oakland-MD.html
The flat land beside the little Youghiogheny River on the western edge of Oakland has two items of historic interest. First, it contains a spring, and according to tradition, George Washington stopped at the spring on the morning of September 26, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TJ_major-robert-e-townley_Barton-MD.html
In loving memory of Major Robert E. Townley, Strategic Air Command, May 3, 1921 - Jan. 13, 1964.